The great comedic screenwriter and eventual director, Preston Sturges, created some of the funniest and socially conscious films of the 1940's. Whether or not Sturges' films were deliberately aware and intending to address such issues as the Depression, poverty, and class politics is debatable, but what is not debatable is t... More..
Sometimes the fun and magic of cinema is comparing and contrasting two seemingly unrelated films. 2005's Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch and The King of Comedy from 1983 are the subjects. The former stars Bill Murray as an aging playboy who receives a mysterious letter proclaiming that he has a son by way of one of his ex-lov... More..
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